From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Apr 21 14:41:53 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from resnet.uoregon.edu (resnet.uoregon.edu [128.223.144.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CF0361591B for ; Wed, 21 Apr 1999 14:41:25 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by resnet.uoregon.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA21510; Wed, 21 Apr 1999 14:38:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1999 14:38:53 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White To: Jorge Aldana Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Users mounting CD's or Audio CD's In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, 21 Apr 1999, Jorge Aldana wrote: > I need user access to CD's instead of having to be root everytime I need > to mount a CD (or play an Audio CD). What is the proper way of allowing > users access to the CD-ROM drive for both Audio and Data CD's. This isn't currently possible; only root can use mount(). I think. You can use cdcontrol(1) from a user, assuming that the permissions are set properly. Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message